In Oklahoma, the requirement usually is up to “algebra 2” - this is mostly domain and range, finding roots of polynomials, and logarithms.

IMHO, the world would be better if calculus was a required part of the high school curriculum. Like yeah, most people aren’t going to need the product rule in day to day life, but the fundamental ideas about rates of change seem like they’re something that everyone human deserves to be exposed to.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    Why, in the name of all that is good and holy, should we require someone whose dream it is to be a carpenter, to take calculus to graduate high school?

    I mean, they elaborate on that in the same paragraph.

    but the fundamental ideas about rates of change seem like they’re something that everyone human deserves to be exposed to.

    Now you can disagree with this idea, but you’re not even addressing it.